JMNT(i)
33 Who will bring charges down on (institute proceedings against)
God’s selected and chosen ones (the folks picked out by God; the ones gathered out and laid in order, who belong to God)?
God [
is]
the One continually and progressively rightwising [
them]
(or: constantly turning them in the right direction, repeatedly placing [them] in the Way pointed out and keeping them in right relationships, = now freeing [them] from guilt and including [them] in covenant).
34 Who [
is]
the one habitually bringing commensurate evaluations or corresponding decisions (or: constantly condemning and giving a verdict down against; or, as a future: will be separating by following the patterns so as to be indicting or passing sentence)?
Now Christ Jesus [
is]
at the same time the One dying, yet very much more being aroused and raised [some MSS add: forth from out of dead ones],
Who also exists (or: is)
within God’s right side (at God’s right hand or position; [note: the place of honor, power and offensive weapons, yet also the place of acceptance and receiving]),
Who also continuously hits on-target within (or: falls in with the situation and addresses the concerns)
over our [
situation and predicament]
(and: on our behalf)! [or as a question, and with other MSS: {Will} Christ Jesus ...?]
35 Who or what will be separating, dividing or parting us away from the Love of and from Christ (or: the separation-overcoming love which is Christ; [other MSS: the God's love within Christ Jesus])?
Pressure (squeezing; affliction; tribulation; oppression),
or confinement in a narrow, tight place (distress; difficulty; trouble),
or pursuit (the chase of persecution),
or famine (or: hunger; deprivation of food),
or nakedness (lack of sufficient clothing; deprivation of necessities),
or danger (peril; risk),
or sword (or: large butcher knife; or: curved weapon for close combat)?